Posted By Smith1967 Hello all , I have just been infomred that the factory I work at will be closing in 2007. I have been offered a budget of £1000 to spend on any training I require. I have been an Occupational Health and Safety professional in manufacturing for over 5 years and have the following qualifications NTU Diploma Safety Health and Environment BSc Hons Quality Management HNC Quality Management Could anybody advise how I could utilise this training budget in order to maximise my chances of continuing to develope my career. I was think of a lead assessors course ? or a training qualification ? or maybe some construction qualification ? thanks in advance Dave

Posted By Smith1967 Cheers Bob However though £1000 sounds a lot it rings hollow when you are losing you job. I just hope that the 10 years of self subsidised part time education helps me find another job.

Posted By The toecap Do noise assesor training or asbetsos training. Think oof stuff peple need. What about a fire risk assesors course and the Nebosh fire cert.

Posted By Smith1967 Cheers for the responses so far , I do have the BOHS P405 Managing Asbestos at Work and I have experience in implementing and managing ISO14001:2004. I did think about a lead assessors course but wasnt sure that the ISO18001 seemed that good in comparison to the BSEN9000:2000. I do think I will go for a lead assessors course but I am not sure if it should be the Quality , Environment or Health and Safety version I would have thought that 90% of the course would be similar regardless of the discipline chosen..............but hey , who knows

Posted By Steve JB BSI Provide an OHSAS 18001 lead auditors course which might be worth a look. Think you might have to do an internal auditors course first though Steve